deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square164linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-223 days agoDoch Zwedgsche (this fruit is often translated as sour cherry but it isnt a sour cherry) Zipfelklatscher German and high german dialects
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·23 days agoYou could at least describe the words… not everybody speaks German
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoI do honestly have no idea how one would describe “Zipfelklatscher”… ^^" Or “Doch”
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoI had to look it up. “Doch” is the equivalent of “is too!” in English. For example “That cat is stupid!”, “Is not!”, “Is too!”. And Zipfelklatscher is just a wanker: Zipfel = penis, Klatscher = slapper --> penis-slapper --> wanker.
Doch
Zwedgsche (this fruit is often translated as sour cherry but it isnt a sour cherry) Zipfelklatscher
German and high german dialects
You could at least describe the words… not everybody speaks German
I do honestly have no idea how one would describe “Zipfelklatscher”… ^^" Or “Doch”
I had to look it up. “Doch” is the equivalent of “is too!” in English. For example “That cat is stupid!”, “Is not!”, “Is too!”.
And Zipfelklatscher is just a wanker: Zipfel = penis, Klatscher = slapper --> penis-slapper --> wanker.